Giorgi II of Georgia

Giorgi II of Georgia (1050-1112) was the king of Georgia from 1072 to 1089, succeeding Bagrat IV of Georgia and preceding Davit IV of Georgia.

Biography
Giorgi was born in 1050, the son of Bagrat IV of Georgia. He was from the House of Bagrationi, and was an Orthodox Christian Georgian. Before he was one year old, his father's rival Liparit IV of Kldekari crowned Giorgi as king of Georgia, and he reigned until 1053. His father reclaimed power in 1060 and George was made his heir apparent again, and in 1070 he led a Georgian-Alan army that defeated Emiral Fadl II of Arran and ravaged Ganja. In 1072 he succeeded his father as king of Georgia. Giorgi campaigned against the Seljuk Empire in the late 1070s to early 1080s when their ruler Malik Shah invaded the Byzantine Empire in a holy war against Christendom. He was defeated several times, although he later raised a large army that persuaded the Turks to make white peace. He abdicated in 1089 and was the co-ruler of Georgia with his son Davit IV of Georgia until his death in 1112.